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XLIV.—Challenge by Caiaphas.
“But when we twelve apostles, on the day of
the passover, had come together with an immense multitude, and entered
into the church of the brethren, each one of us, at the request of
James,575
| 575 [Evidently “the
Lord’s brother.” Comp. chap. 68.—R.] | stated briefly, in the hearing of the
people, what we had done in every place.576
| 576 This account of
occurrences in Jerusalem (chaps. 45–70) is probably meant to
supplement Acts v. and viii. The date tallies with the stoning of
Stephen, to which there is no allusion. The whole bears abundant
marks of “manipulation” of the New-Testament
record.—R.] | While this was going on, Caiaphas,
the high priest, sent priests to us, and asked us to come to him, that
either we should prove to him that Jesus is the eternal Christ, or he
to us that He is not, and that so all the people should agree upon the
one faith or the other; and this he frequently entreated us to
do. But we often put it off, always seeking for a more convenient
time.” Then I, Clement, answered to this: “I
think that this very question, whether He is the Christ, is of great
importance for the establishment of the faith; otherwise the high
priest would not so frequently ask that he might either learn or teach
concerning the Christ.” Then Peter: “You have
answered rightly, O Clement; for as no one can see without eyes, nor
hear without ears, nor smell without nostrils, nor taste without a
tongue, nor handle anything without hands, so it is impossible, without
the true Prophet, to know what is pleasing to God.” And I
answered: “I have already learned from your instruction
that this true prophet is the Christ; but I should wish to learn
what the Christ means, or why He is so called, that a matter of
so great importance may not be vague and uncertain to
me.”
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